Type-justifying machine.



No-844,566. PATENTED FEB.19,1907.-

W, J. BNNISSON.

TYPE JUSTIFYI-NG- MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1899.

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No. 844,566. PATENTEDPEB. 19, 1907.

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TYPE JUSTIFY'I NG1. MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1899.

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TYFPE-JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed June 14;,1899. fierial No. 720,450.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J AY ENNissoN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Hartford, in' the county of Hartford andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Type-Justifying Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification. I

This invention consists of certain improvements in justifying mechanismwhich are shown herein as embodied in an apparatus comprising means formeasuring a line of type to ascertain its shortage, for dividing theshortage in accordance with the number of word-spaces in the line, forsetting a gage in accordance with the required thickness of thejustifying-spaces, for forming justify ing-spaces by cutting offspacesof the required thickness from strips of spacetimber, and for feeding asmany pieces of space-timber to the cutting devices as may be requiredfor each line to be justified.

The invention includes certain broad features of construction andcombinations of parts in justifying mechanism, some of which relateparticularly to apparatus for forming justifying-spaces by cutting 0Hspacetimber, while others may be embodied in justifying mechanism ofother classes, and the invention also comprises certain details ofarrangement and construction tending to facilitate and improve thediflicult operation of justifying composed lines of type.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is afront'view, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is an end view'looking' fromthe right-hand side of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is afront fragmentary viewin section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, showing the feeding-rollsengaging a piece of the spacetimber and showing the devices for causing.the rolls to grip and feed the space-timber. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryplan view with the for the cutting-off slide removed and showing theoperation of ejecting a cut-off space from the cutter-bar into thechannel or runway through which it passes into the reach of theoperator.

The operative parts of the machine comprise the following devices,grouped in a general way in accordance with the respec tive functionsperformed by them, namely: a gage for determining the width of justify-1 ing-spaces, a justifying-lever having one end operating on the gage, adevice for measuring the line and operating upon the other end of thelever, a series of fulcrums for the justifying-lever located atone-half, one-third, one-fourth, one-fifth, &c., of the length of thelever from its point of connec tion with the gage, means for renderingany one of the said fulcrums operative according to the number ofWord-spaces in the line, devices for feeding strips of space-timberagainst the gage, a cutter-bar and a cooper ating cutter-slide forcutting off justifyingspaces from the timber in the widths determined bythe gage, means for ejecting the cutoff spaces from nels or runways,whence they pass within the reach of the operator, and means forselecting and feeding forward the right number of strips of space-timberin accordance with the number of word-spaces in the line.

The various parts comprising this apparatus are mounted upon the bed orframe B, in which is rotatably mounted the cam-shaft 20. This shaft andbed may be extended from or connected with the type-composing machinewith which this apparatus is com bined, the shaft being drivenintermittently at a suitable time by means of any of the well-knownsingle-revolution clutch devices, which-may be released by a key locatedin the keyboard of the composing-machine, or, if the apparatus is usedindependently, the

shaft may be provided with a similar clutch or the shaft may operated bya special key, be provided with'a crank and be manually operated at theproper time.

The gage for determining the Widths of the justifying-spaces is hereinshown as being in two separate parts in order to enable thejustifying-lever, which controls the movement of the gage, to operate ina plane at' right angles to that in which the space-timber strips arefed. Therefore one of these gages is mounted to move in a vertical planein accordance with the movement of its as- 'sociated' end of thejustifying-lever, while the other portion of the gage moves in thehorizontal plane of the space-timber. The two portions of the gage abutagainst each other by means of surfaces which are preferably inclined atforty-five degrees to their respective planes of movement, so that theverthe cutter-slide into chan- 12 and 13 and bears against its plungerbymeans of the inclined lugs 14 and 15. The upper end of the gage abutsagainst the riglht-hand end of the justifyingdever 25,

ile its lower end is provided with a compression-spring 16, locatedbetween a shoul-' der of the gage and a thrust-collar 17, which issplined upon the bearing, so as to slide freely thereon without turninground. The lower side of this collar engages, preferably by a knife-edgebearing, as shown in Fig. 2, with one end of a cam-lever 18, pivotallymounted upon the bed B, the other end of which en ages with the cam 19,fixed upon the cam-shaft 20. The upper portion of the gage 10 ispivotally connected with the ejecting-lever 21, pivotally mounted on thebed B and having its opposite end extending over the cam 19 and inengaging relation thereto. The cam is so shaped and the engaging ends ofthe levers 18 and 21 are so disposed as to impart the desired movementsof the gage in both directions, the gage being moved by the cam throughthe medium of the lower lever 18 to operate the justifyinglever in themeasuring operation, while the gage is moved downwardly at the requiredtime, so as to eject the cut-off spaces from the cutting-slidef Thejustifying-lever 25 consists of an elongated bar which is connected atone end with the line-measuring devices and at its other end with thegage, as above described. The intermediate portion of the bar is adaptedto be supported upon any one of a series of fulcrums'located atone-half, one-third, one-fourth, &c., of the operative length of thelever from the point which is connected to the gage, the locations ofthese fulcrums being indicated in Fig. 2 by numerals corresponding withthe number of word-spaces in the lines for which these fulcrums arerespectively suited. These fulcrums are established along the planesurfaces of two horizontal guide-bars 26 and 27, so as to facilitate thetransfer of the interponent 28 from one fulcrum to the other.

with a mortise which fits upon and slides freely along thejustifying-lever. This interponent is also provided with thelaterallyextending trunnion-bearings 29' and 30,

which extend across and rest upon the ful-.

That .interponent herein consists of a block provided crum-surfaces ofthe bars ,26Iand 27, re

spectively, and which are fixed toor integral with the interponentblock; 28. The '7 trunnions are prevented from rising from 1 thefulcrum-surface during their operations by an overlying ortion of thebar, which may be aremova le cap, or the bar may, as herein shown, beformed with the slots 30 and31, the sides of which form the fulcrum andretaining surfaces, respectively, for the trunnions, which turn freelyupon those su'r-. I

faces during the line-measuring operation.

The interponent28 is drawn toward' the right, as shown in Figs. 1 and.2, by means v i the interponent is stopped at the successive of thesprings 33, attached to the'bed B, and

fulcrums by means of the stop-pins'34, lo-

cated in the upper portions of. thebars 26 i and 27. The pins for thesuccessive fulcrum positions are alternated in the two bars, as

shown in the plan view of Fig. 1,in' order to I enable'them to be ofsuitable'size and con- I venient arrangement. I

In the drawings the apparatus is shown to be set in position foroperating upon a line having three word-spaces. Therefore theinterponent rests upon the fulcrum, which is located at one-fourth ofthe effective length of the beam from its point-of connection with thegage. The stop-pins areprovided with springs which tend topressdownwardly into thepath of movement of the trunnions 29 and 30, andeach pin is adapted to be raised so as to permit the interponent to bedrawn to the next fulcrum by means of the lever 36, which is pivoted TheT-shaped upon the interponent 28. end of the lever extends across so asto engage with any one of the pins in the two rows, as best shown inFig. 3, the upper ends of the pins being slotted on their inner faces topermit the passage of the T-shaped ends of the lever and to, affordshoulders for raising them. The other end of the lever lies beneath theoperating-rod 37, which is mounted in thearms 138 and 39 and extends farenough to overlie the lever 36 in all positions of its travel. Thesearms are pinned upon the shaft 40, j ournaled upon the brackets 41 and42, and the left-hand end of the shaft is provided with an arm 43, whichis connected, by means of the rod 44, with the space-key 45, by means ofwhich the inter-.

ponent is released and permitted to moveto its successive fulcrumsas theword-spaces are added to the line.

The lower ends of the stop-pins 34 are bov elcd, so that the interponentmay be returned to its zero position, which is behindthe pin 35, at theconclusion of each line, the first stroke of the key for the firstwordespace of the line serving to permit the interponent to move againstthe first of the stop-pins 34.

The left-hand end of the justifying-lever is pivotally connected to themeasuring-slide too 47, which is fitted to slide vertically in the bedB, and that end of the bar and the slide is provided with a light spring22, suitable for supporting the weight at that end, or the other end ofthe justify ing-lever may be suitably counterbalanced for the samepurpose. The lower end of the slide 47 extends into a type-channel 48into engagement with the line of type, as shown in Fig. 2, the typebeing transferred to this channel in any convenient way from thecomposing machine or stick for the measuring and justifying operations.

The gage-plunger 49 consists of a bar having one side beveledtofit-against the inclined lugs 14 and 15 of the gage and is provided Iwith a series of fingers 50, which extend from the opposite side of thebar and are fitted to slide transversely inmortises or dies in thecutter-slide 51, the space-timber being fed into these mortises againstthe ends of the gage-plunger fingers to the extent permitted by thesetting of the gage from the justifying-lever. The cutter-slide is movedlongitudinally of the bed in suitable ways by means of the cam 52 on thecam-shaft 20 to .anextent'shown by comparison of Figs. 1 and 5.

- The cutter-bar 54 is fixed to the bed of the machine and is providedwith a series of mortises or die-openings 55, which coincidewith thoseofthe cutter-slide when the latter is in the resting position.cutter-bar is also provided with a corresponding series of verticalspace-channels 56 adjacent to the die-openings 55, into which the spacesare ejected by the plunger-fingers,.as

shown in Fig. 5, after being cut off from the space-timber.

The space-timber strips 60 are fed into the machine through the channels61 of the bed beneath the cap or weight 62, which rests upon the innerends of the strips and by fric.

tional contact prevents their inadvertent withdrawal or displacement.These strips are fed forward by means of a series of drawing-rolls and71, arranged in pairs in two rows, as best shown in Fig. 1. Each pair ofrolls is provided with connecting-pinions 64 and 65. The latter pinionis comparatively narrow, while the other pinion 64 extends downwardlyinto engagement with the teeth of the rack 66, which isffitted to slidelongitudinally of the bed and engages with a corresponding pinion 64 ofeach of the pair of rolls, the connections being so made as to rotateeach pair of rolls in a direction suitable for feeding their respectivestrips forward when the rack is moved in one direction, the rollsreturning to their first position upon the return movement of the rack.That rack is provided with a cross-head 67, which engages with a cam 68on the shaft 20, as best shown in Fig. 4, the timing of the cam and itsextent of movement being adapted to impart the (Shown in Fig. 1.) Theproper feeding movement to the strips in cated wedges 72 are employed,which extend transversely past the bearings of the gripping-rolls 70, asbest shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. Each of the wedges 72 is provided witha lever 73, as best shown inFig, 3, and the upper ends of the entireseries of levers are engaged by means of the arm 74, fixed upon theshaft 75. upon the bed and is provided with the camarm 76, which engageswith the cam 77, fixed upon .the shaft 20, and the cam is so formed asto cause the arm 74 and its connected series of wedge-pieces 72 to gripand release the feeding-rolls simultaneously and in suitable timing withrelation to the feeding operation of the cam 68.

It is desirable in machines of this class to cut off only the number ofstrips required to justify each line, and to this end means are providedherein for feeding forward only the number of sp ace-timber stripscorresponding to the number of word-spaces in the respective lines. Thelower ends of the wedge-levers 73 are engaged by an abutment 80, whichis capable of longitudinal movement along the bed behind the lower endsof those levers, it being obvious that the wedge-lever arm 74 will onlyoperate such of the levers 73 as are engaged by the'abutment 80, theother levers swinging idly upon their pivotal connection with thewedge-pieces 72, and thereby not operating those wedges. The abutment 8Ostands at the beginning of the composing of the succeeding line entirelyclear of all of the levers 73 and is advanced during the composition ofthe line one step for each added word-space, so that at the conclusionof the composing operation and the commencement of the measuringoperation'the abutment has been thus projected behind as many of thelevers7 3 as are represented by the number of word-spaces in the line,so as to grip, and thereby enable to be fed forward, a correspondingnumber of strips'of spacetimber. As a means for thus feeding forward theabutment it is provided upon its lower side with ratchet-teeth 81, asbest shown in Fig. 2, the spacing of theteeth corresponding with thelateral separation of the levers 73. These teeth are acted upon by thepawl 82, pivotally mounted upon the arm 83, fixed upon the space-keyshaft 46.

'As that key is depressed for each of the That shaft is pivotallymounted.

word-spaces the pawl 83 is carried forward from the position shown IIlFig. 2 and its toothed end is moved by the spring 84k into engagementwith the adjacent ratchet-teeth. of the abutment 80, the amplitude ofmovement being sufficient tocarry the leading end of the abutmentforward one space hehind the lower end of an additional wedge' lever 73.

Thus at the commencement of the measuring operation upon, any given.line the space-key has been operated to set the interponent 28 insuitable posjtlon'i'or that line and. has also set thespace-timber-feeding devices so as to cause them to feed forward theappropriate number of strips.-

The operation of this apparatus is substantially as follows: As eachline is composed the operator depresses the space-key for each of theword-spaces contained in the line,

thus setting the interponent 28 and the abut-v ment 80 in the manneralready described to positions appropriate for that line.

either manually or by means of a suitable single-revolution clutch orother device.

surfaces of the lugs 14 and 15 of the-gage.

The gage and the space-timber are locked to place 111 this position bythe line'of type at one end and by the feeding-rolls at the oppositeend. While in this position the cutterslide 51 is moved by its cam 52from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 5, therebysevering those portions of the spacetimber which project beyond thecutter-bar 54., thus forming the justifying-spacers S,

which are carried by the movement of the cutter-bar to the positionshown in Fig. 5 opposite the spacer-channels 56, into which they arethen ejected by the plunger-fingers 50 by means. of the cam-l9 operatingupon the gage 10 through the medium of the lever 21. respective channelsupon the inclined apron 57, along which they slide to a positionconvenient to the hand of the operator, who inserts them in the line inplace of the temporary separators 8. At the conclusion of the operationupon each line the interponent 28 is returned by the hand of theoperator to the zero position behind the index-pin 35, the beveled lowerends of the pins allowing them to ride over. the trunnions 29 and 307The abutment is also returned. to its original A single. rotation isthen imparted to the cam-shaft 20.

During this time the cam 19 oper- The severed spacers fall through theirposition clear of the wedge-levers 73 ,fthus restoring the parts totheiroriginal position ready for operation upon the succeedingline.

While the mechanism shown asembodying the invention is adapted'forhandling o'rdi nary type, and the invention is especially in tended forsuch use, itwill' be understood that the invention is not limited tomachines I i for justifying such ordinary type, but maybe ..7 5

appliedalso in justifyingv type, matrices, or

the like of any suitable material, and that the.

word type is used in this specification and Y the claims in this broadsense. certainfeas 1 tures of the inventionjals'oare applicable not onlyin machines for justifying composed lines of type or matrices, but inline-justitymg mechanism of other classes and infma y chines in whichthe. justifying-spaces are:

formed otherwise than bycutting from space timber.

I claim as my invention--v .L-The combination of automatic devices.

for measuring a previously-composed lineof type, a gage controlled bythe measuring de-" 4 vices and thenumber of spaces in the line,

and means for cutting ofi v the'required number of justifying-spacessimultaneously in 'accordance with the position of the gage. k

2. The combination of automatic devices for measuring apreviously-composed line of type, a gage controlled by the measuring devices and the number otspaces in the line,-

means for feeding a pluralityof strips of space-timber an amountdetermined by the;

gage, and means .for cutting ofi' justifying- 7 spaces.

3. In a line-justifying apparatus in combination with. devices forfeeding. and cutting,

off justifying-spaces, means for feeding forward a plurality of stripsof space-timber in line to bejustified. I

4. In a line-justifying. apparatus, in combi accordance with the numberrequired by. the

strips and cutting off ustifying-spaces there-' from, means operable bya space-key for de nation with devices forfeeding space-timber I 10termining the number of space-timber strips I to be fed forward. a

.5. Inaline-justifying apparatus, in combination with devices forcutting ofi justifying spaces, a pair of feeding-rolls for engaging withthe space-timber, means forgripping the rolls uponthe timber andcontrolling-the gripping and releaseofthe'rolls according to Y thenumber of spaces in thelin'e, and means for rotating the rolls whengripped. q

I 6. Ina line justifying apparatus, in oombi-i nation with devices forcutting ofl justifyingspaces from. spacetimber, means forfeeding a senseof separated space-stnps simultane ously'forward to the cutting devices.

7. The combination of a, cutter barv and/ slide provided with acoincident channel for the passage of a strip of space-timber, a space-1channel located in the cutter-bar adjacent to the timber-channel and.means for, moving one of the parts so as to cut off. aflustifjfingspacer from thetimber and carry itpto the space-channel. 1 I

8. The combination ofa cutterbar and slide provided with a coincidentchannel for the passage of a strip of space-timber, a spacechannellocated in the cutterebar adjacent to the timber-channel, andmeansformoving one of the parts so as to cut off a spacer from the timber andcarry it to the space-channel.

9. The combination of a cutterebar provided with a series ofchannelsforspace-timber, a cutter-slide provided Withchannels coincidingwith those of the cutter-bar, a series of space-channels located in thecutter-bar adjacent to the timber-channels and means for moving thecutter-slide, whereby spacers are cut from the ends of the space-timberand carried into register with the space-channels.

10. The combination of a cutter-bar provided with space-timber channels,a cutterslide provided with corresponding channels, and with agage-plunger fitted therein, a series of space-channels located in thecutter-bar adjacent to the timber-channels thereof, means for moving thecutter-slide so as to cut justifying-spacers from the ends of thespace-timber and carry them opposite the spacer-channels and means foroperating the gage-plunger to eject the spacers into their respectivechannels.

11. In a justifying mechanism, a justifying device comprising a lever, aseries of fixed fulcrums for said lever, and means for rendering any oneof said fulcrums operative upon the lever without moving the fulcrum,the fulcrum rendered operative depending upon the number of spaces inthe line.

12. In a justifying device, a gage for determining the width ofjustifying-spaces, a device for measuring the line of matter,v ajustifying-lever having its ends operatively connected with said. gageand said device respectively, a series of fixed fulcrums for said lever,and means for rendering any one of said fulcrums operative upon thelever without moving the fulcrum, the fulcrum rendered operativedepending upon the number of spaces in the line.

13. In a justifying mechanism a movable device'for measuring unjustifiedlines, a movable gage, intermediate mechanism by means of which the gageis set from the measuring device, and means for forming the number ofjustifying-spaces required for the line simultaneously, the width ofsaid j ustifying-spaces being determined by the gage, substantially asdescribed.

14. In a justifying mechanism a movable device for measuring unjustifiedlines, a movable gage, intermediate mechanism by means of which the gageis set from the measuring device means for feeding a plurality ofspacespace-.timbenand means for locking the gage while thejustifyingespaces for the line are being cut, substantiallyas described.I

16. In.,a,.justifying mechanism, thecome bination with means. for,feeding a. plurality of strips of space-timber, means for holding saidstrips, a. cutter adapted to sever spaces from the strips, and means forreleasing the strips and moving them forward to the cutter at properintervals.

17. In a justifying mechanism, the combination with a justifying-leverand a series of fulcrums, of a space-key, an interponent between thelever and fulcrums, and means for setting the interponent from thespacekey to pivot the lever upon one of the fulcrums according to thenumber of spaces in the line.

18. A justifying mechanism including devices for measuring anunjustified line, and means controlled by said measuring devices forforming simultaneously the number of justifying-spaces required for theline. Y

19. A justifying mechanism including devices for measuring anunjustified line, devices for dividing the shortage in the line by thenumber of wordspaces, and means con trolled by said devices for formingsimul taneously the number of justifying-spaces required for the line.

20. In a justifying mechanism, a justifying-lever having a pivotingmember forming a part of said lever but movable thereon, and means foradjusting said member on the lever in accordance with the number ofspaces in the line.

21. In a justifying mechanism, a justifying-lever having a pivotingmember forming a part of said lever but movable thereon, a space -l-:ey,and connections between the space-key and movable member for adjustingthe member in accordance with the number of spaces in the line.

22. The combination of automatic devices for measuring a composed lineof type, by engagement therewith, a gage controlled by the measuringdevices and means for forming simultaneously the justifying-spacesrequired for the line in accordance with the position of the gage.

23. The combination of automatic devices for measuring a composed lineof type by engagement therewith, a gage controlled by the measuringdevices for cutting off justifying-spaces in accordance with theposition of the gage, and means for feeding a plu lines of type, ajustifyingdever, a measuring [5 rality of strips of space-timber anamount determined by the gage.

24. In a justifying mechanism, a justify ing-lever, a space-key, andapart cooperating With said lever and adjustable from the said key, itsrelation to the lever for each line depending upon the number of spacesin the line, in combination with means for holding and measuring acomposed line of "type and means for forming simultaneously the requirednumber of justifying-sp aces in accordance With. the movement of thelever.

25. In mechanism for justifying composed device, a Word-space key, andan adjustable space-determining device, all cooperating, in combinationWith means for holding a composed line of type for the measuring deviceand means for forming simultaneously the required number ofjustifying-spaces.

Signed by me at Hartford, Connecticut, this 13th day of June, 1899.

WALTER JAY ENNISSON.

Witnesses:

JENNIE NELLIs CASE, W. H. Homes.

